Illawarra jewellery designer Melinda Young will lead this free creative workshop as part of the Eco-Lab 2026 residency @ the NASA Gallery at the Servo.

Working with gathered marine plastics, soft plastic bags and domestic plastics, this workshop introduces a range of simple jewellery making techniques including drilling, stitching, stringing and cordage which are then applied to your gathered materials to create beautiful wearable objects for the body, such as a necklace, bracelet, earrings or brooch.

What you need to know:

suitable for adults

please arrive 15 mins before the event starts

the workshop will take place at The Servo undercover.

Please bring:

a pair of sturdy scissors if you have them

your own washed plastic beach debris, clean recycled plastics and clean plastic bags.

the artist will supply additional materials, tools and tuition.

This workshop is part of Eco-Lab 2026

Eco-Lab is a creative program to share the practices of diverse artists from the Illawarra and beyond, with community, fostering ecological awareness, care for Country and meaningful engagement with place.

Eco-Lab will be in residence at the NASA Gallery, the Servo, Port Kembla from 24 October to 08 November.

REMADE for Eco-Lab is a group exhibition showing for the duration of the residency.

ECO-LAB, the REMADE exhxibition and workshops have been made possible by a Wollongong City Council Small Cultural Arts Grant.